Hi Bill As Nivard has already pointed out the transcript is wrong. On the image the father is Edmond not Samuel. Lin On 8 April 2016, at 01:28, Bill Snipes via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: Edie; I think you are absolutely right; I do have an Edmund Snyppe, unconnected to anyone right now, but he is in the right place and at the right time. I will do some additional looking at him. Being a William I should have realized that it's not unusual to have two of them the same age in one family. Bill ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "eamca@bigpond.com" <eamca@bigpond.com> To: sfa344@yahoo.com; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:44 PM Subject: RE:[YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records That sounds like two different babies to me Bill, maybe Edmund and Samuel were brothers having their children baptised same day at St Johns. If you can view the film where you live in the USA, it will most likely become clearer unless you have done that already. The film will note the godfather and other sponsers as well. the indexes dont normally. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Bill Snipes via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; Subject: [YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records Thanks, Andy; that was very helpful. The reason for the question about Godfathers was, that I had a case where a baby's Christening was listed on the same day, same church in two different records. Each listed a separate father but only one gave the surname of the father, which led me to believe that the Godfather was the other one. I couldn't come up with any other conclusion: West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 Name: William Snipe Event Date: 22 Nov 1616 Event Type: Baptism Parish: Leeds, St Peter Father's Name: Samuel Snipe 1616 11 22, (Bapt at Leeds Parish) William SNIPE, Fa: Edmund (may be God Father) Lived in March Lane Bill From: Andy Micklethwaite <andy.mick@googlemail.com> To: Bill Snipes <sfa344@yahoo.com>; yorksgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] 16th Century Birth Records At 14:54 07/04/2016, Bill Snipes via wrote: >I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning research in the 15 and 16th centuries. In those days, were newborns Christened right away, or could Christening/Baptism be put off for several years? Both - I have a baptism for a man on the same day his 14 year old son was baptised. >Also, when listing a father on a Parish document, could they be referring to the godfather? Unlikely >And, is it likely that children were born, but for some reason birth records were not kept? Definitely - births were not recorded until 1837 - so you have to rely on baptisms. Not everyone was baptised. HTH Andy. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just recently was reminded of the need to look at the actual record, not just the index entry... my paternal grandparents marriage license in St Louis, MO gives her home address as being in Colorado, where my father wound up being born (I did not know that previously, never having met the man). Also, the Ancestry version of the 1940 US Census (released in 2012) misspelled his name, whereas the Family Search version had it right (I didn't realize that they were two different transcriptions prior to that)... for anyone doing research in the US. Best regards, Stephanie On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Lin via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Bill > > As Nivard has already pointed out the transcript is wrong. On the image > the father is Edmond not Samuel. > > Lin > > On 8 April 2016, at 01:28, Bill Snipes via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Edie; > I think you are absolutely right; I do have an Edmund Snyppe, unconnected > to anyone right now, but he is in the right place and at the right time. I > will do some additional looking at him. Being a William I should have > realized that it's not unusual to have two of them the same age in one > family. > Bill > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "eamca@bigpond.com" <eamca@bigpond.com> > To: sfa344@yahoo.com; yorksgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:44 PM > Subject: RE:[YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records > > That sounds like two different babies to me Bill, maybe Edmund and Samuel > were brothers having their children baptised same day at St Johns. If you > can view the film where you live in the USA, it will most likely become > clearer unless you have done that already. The film will note the godfather > and other sponsers as well. the indexes dont normally. > Edie > > > ------------------------------------------ > From: Bill Snipes via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; > Subject: [YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records > Thanks, Andy; that was very helpful. The reason for the question about > Godfathers was, that I had a case where a baby's Christening was listed on > the same day, same church in two different records. Each listed a separate > father but only one gave the surname of the father, which led me to believe > that the Godfather was the other one. I couldn't come up with any other > conclusion: > West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 > Name: William Snipe > Event Date: 22 Nov 1616 > Event Type: Baptism > Parish: Leeds, St Peter > Father's Name: Samuel Snipe > 1616 11 22, (Bapt at Leeds Parish) William SNIPE, Fa: Edmund (may be God > Father) > Lived in March Lane > Bill > From: Andy Micklethwaite <andy.mick@googlemail.com> > To: Bill Snipes <sfa344@yahoo.com>; yorksgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] 16th Century Birth Records > At 14:54 07/04/2016, Bill Snipes via wrote: > >I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning research in the 15 and > 16th centuries. In those days, were newborns Christened right away, or > could Christening/Baptism be put off for several years? > Both - I have a baptism for a man on the same day his 14 year old son was > baptised. > >Also, when listing a father on a Parish document, could they be referring > to the godfather? > Unlikely > >And, is it likely that children were born, but for some reason birth > records were not kept? > Definitely - births were not recorded until 1837 - so you have to rely on > baptisms. Not everyone was baptised. > HTH Andy. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >